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Mobile Markets for High-Tech Plungers

We may live in a global world where the financial markets never sleep, but keeping in touch with the latest prices no longer requires us to be tethered to a laptop or desktop computer. The new breed of mobile apps allow us to receive up-to-the-minute charts, figures and analysts' reports while equipped with nothing more than a free-wheeling tablet or smartphone. Below  we've included  ten of the best apps we can find, given the rather specific demands of these programs. The best of these apps are far more than mere conversions of existing desktop software. Even in the normal-sized trading world, debates proliferate about whether it's better to be a 'Technical Analyst', using chart action to plot the next move, or a 'Fundamentals' trader, combing the balance sheets for such old-fashioned snippets of info as revenue and cash flow. Either approach, though, demands access to lots of intricate data, and the cramped screens and limited workspace of even relatively...